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Ask HN: Why doesn't HN have a Search Bar

38 points by antonioe 16y ago

I've been forced to use site:news.ycombinator.com in Google. Could you just use Google CSE (http://www.google.com/cse/). Just a suggestion. I am probably the 20th person asking for this. Let me do search...dohhh...

andrewtbham 16y ago
http://searchyc.com http://searchyc.com
pg 16y ago
It's in the works.
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
  Is there any reason why you don't simply give your stamp of approval to http://searchyc.com http://searchyc.com ?? I use it constantly, and it's great.
  - tptacek 16y ago
    Seconded. Searchyc is the one essential third-party app anyone has built for this site.
Cyranix 16y ago
Don't forget DuckDuckGo. HN has several !bang aliases tied into SearchYC: !searchyc !newsyc !yc !hackernews !hn
ihodes 16y ago
Also, http://lmgtfy.com/?q=hacker+news+search http://lmgtfy.com/?q=hacker+news+search
vchien 16y ago
How about Favorite? So you can save some interesting postings and comments...
- 27182818284 16y ago
  I don't think there is anything for comments, but for favorite posts, look at "saved" in your profile. It isn't quite the same feature, but works as a lesser favorite.
  - vchien 16y ago
    I saw "saved" in my profile. How do you save? Thanks much.
    - _delirium 16y ago
      Voting up a submission saves it as well. (I believe the equivalence between "upvote" and "save" is intentional, to encourage people to only upvote things they actually find interesting enough to want to save.)
- icco 16y ago
  Feature requests go into: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=363 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=363
  - antonioe 16y ago
    Is search still a feature request. I thought it was basic site design?
strooltz 16y ago
there is - go to google.com - enter "site:news.ycombinator.net <search term>" cheers!